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Re: C-Class Recaros?

These seats have been installed in an 036 before, can't help you with how they were fitted, but a few cars have had these seats installed. Even a few cars from http://www.jauto.co.jp/ have these seats installed...I would never have these seats in my 036, their design has too much of a contrast in comparison to the rear seats, as well as the front seats square bolsters (two piece bolsters at that) on the back rest and the lack of rounded and higher bolsters in the seat cushion, compared to the factory Recaros the 036 came with.

These front seats will kill the fluidity of an already perfect interior...but hey, it's your $ and your car.

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This install will finally be finished today. These seats shipped from Germany the second week in April. The passenger side arrived 8 days later. The driver's side seemed to be lost. DHL records show it having left Germany 2 days after the passenger seat left, but never having arrived in the US. German DHL said this was no longer their problem, since it left Germany. US DHL said it was not their problem, because it never arrived in the US. The seller was not allowed to initiate an investigation or claim until 45 calendar days after shipment. By then, he was on holiday for 3 weeks.

I had pretty much given up on the driver's side arriving, and had begin looking for a replacement, when the USPS dropped off the seat 3 days ago. No signature required, just left at the door. I don't know wtf happened, but the seats look good and are finally almost in. Door controls will work the sliders and back adjustments, and seat controls will work heater and lumbar support. Pretty excited about taking the car from NC to Dc this weekend for a short business trip.

I will post pictures later of the new seats installed and the old seats, as I will want to sell those. They don't have the rails, but are in pretty decent shape. I have no idea what they are worth, but given the friendly nature of this forum, whatever a fair price is fine by me.

Re: C-Class Recaros?

Sounds like customs held your driver seat for some reason. Sometimes when I ship stuff out of the country a buyer will request I put "gift" as the value, and this always seems to piss customs agents off because those items ALWAYS take mucho longer to arrive. I've had one item take over 100 days to show up...

Re: C-Class Recaros?

Here are the pictures of the seats that I removed. 84k miles on the car. Seats have some wear but are in pretty decent condition, I think. Let me know if you're interested. Not sure what is fair price for these.

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I purchased them from autopolsterei. The quality of work is excellent. I am trying to purchase the Recaro seat bases from Lena's now. We installed the seats on top of the electric bases from the original seats, with some kind of homemade adapters on top of that. They sit too high for me, so we'll swap in the Recaro bases and call it a day. I'll still drive the car in the meantime.

I'm in The Triangle. If ccrelan doesn't take the seats, I will let you know. I won't have the stock motorized bases available for them until the other ones come in.

Re: C-Class Recaros?

Can anyone who speaks German help me with communicating with Lena Shop? I "purchased" the seat consoles I need from her on eBay.de but can't complete the transaction because it will not allow shipping to the US. I have tried emailing and calling, but am hitting a wall, and don't trust Google Translate for this.

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I talked to my wife's cousin, who called Lena-Shop. They said to purchase the parts through their website and include a note with payment as to wanting the parts shipped to the USA. I supposedly was to find wiring instructions for payment on the website. I couldn't checkout without a German address, nor did I find wiring instructions. So I just completed the original ebay transaction, with my shipping address changed to my wife's cousin. Let the new circus show begin!

Re: C-Class Recaros?

Now that I've visited this thread, I am really tempted have my front seats replaced and improved. They look fine but I've been meaning to make a few improvements for sometime now. All your suggestions really helped.